mathematica: build fails when sandbox is enabled

[dfoxfranke]

Mathematica 12.0 won't build when sandboxing is enabled (but works fine after I set nix.useSandbox = false).

$ nix-env -iA nixos-unstable.mathematica
installing 'mathematica-12.0.0'
these derivations will be built:
  /nix/store/a9hm1nrxg910lpfx3ylbi5d2vb2549qg-mathematica-12.0.0.drv
building '/nix/store/a9hm1nrxg910lpfx3ylbi5d2vb2549qg-mathematica-12.0.0.drv'...
unpacking sources
=== Extracting makeself archive ===
490761+1 records in
8618040+0 records out
4412436480 bytes (4.4 GB, 4.1 GiB) copied, 6.00982 s, 734 MB/s
patching sources
configuring
no configure script, doing nothing
glibPreInstallPhase
installing
=== Running MathInstaller ===
/nix/store/f74zj9535vgk9nlrskk1qgk3v6m7w6n4-stdenv-linux/setup: line 1328: cd: /nix/store/vfczgsldk12q9hjcm97c2ga2g4ip48ah-mathematica-12.0.0/libexec/Mathematica/Executables: No such file or directory
builder for '/nix/store/a9hm1nrxg910lpfx3ylbi5d2vb2549qg-mathematica-12.0.0.drv' failed with exit code 1
error: build of '/nix/store/a9hm1nrxg910lpfx3ylbi5d2vb2549qg-mathematica-12.0.0.drv' failed

$ nix run nixpkgs.nix-info -c nix-info -m
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 4.19.63, NixOS, 19.03.173228.93ea6db29cc (Koi)`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.2.2`
 - channels(dfranke): `"nixos-unstable-19.09pre187587.57d65085125"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos`

[dfoxfranke]

cc @herberteuler

[herberteuler]

I cannot reproduce this error here. My environment is like this:

$ nix run nixpkgs.nix-info -c nix-info -m
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 4.19.46, NixOS, 19.03.git.3769819 (Koi)`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.2.2`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos`

I checked out nixpkgs 57d6508 and tried to install Mathematica from it, and it succeeded.

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[ullika]

This problem occurs whenever the MathInstaller fails (for me this was the case because there wasn't enough free disk space). I suggest to implement some kind of error handling with a more informative message or remove the "silent" switch where the MathInstaller script is run.

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I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info